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TBAVEL AND EXPLORATION. Of books of 

 travel, in the estimate of which literary quali- 

 ties take precedence of the information im- 

 parted, two or three deserve especial mention. 

 " Impressions of London Social Life," by E. S. 

 Nadal (Scribner), is the work of a keen ob- 

 server, and the vigor of his descriptions shows 

 how much the value of observation depends 

 oa the qualities of mind that are brought to 

 the task. A less brilliant but still very sug- 

 gestive volume, giving the results gathered in 

 a residence of years in Paris, is " The French 

 at Home," by Albert Rhodes, possibly too 

 tolerant of French "ways." "Transatlantic 

 Sketches," by Henry James, Jr. (Osgood), and 

 "Switzerland and the S \jviss, by an American 

 Resident" (D. Appleton & Co.), give to him 

 who, like Charles Lamb, "travels only by map 

 or card," the advantage of very pleasant com- 

 pany. " The Great South," by Edward King, 

 with its numerous and beautiful illustrations 

 (American Publishing Co.), divides the read- 

 er's admiration between the information com- 

 municated and the rich medium of communica- 

 tion. " Our Barren Lands," by W. B. Hazen, 

 Colonel of the Sixth Infantry, U. S. A. (Clarke, 

 Cincinnati), is a valuable though by no means 

 nattering contribution to our knowledge of the 

 national resources. " Home Sketches in France, 

 and other Papers, by the late Mrs. Henry M. 

 Field, with some Notices of her Life and Char- 

 acter " (Putnams), besides its intrinsic value, 

 has a pensive biographical interest. We give 

 the following titles : 



Africa. The History of Exploration and Advent- 

 ure, as given in the Leading Authorities from He- 

 rodotus to Livingstone. By C. H. Jones. (Holt.) 



My Danish Days. With a Glance at the History, 

 Traditions, and Literature of the Old Northern Coun- 

 try. By George H. Griffin, late U. S. Consul at Co- 

 penhagen, etc. (Claxton.) 



A Summer in Norway. By John Dean Caton, 

 LL. D. (Jansen, McClurg & Co., Chicago.) 



Our Next>-door Neighbor. A Winter in Mexico. 

 By Gilbert Haven, D. D., Bishop of the Methodist- 

 Episcopal Church. (Harpers.) 



Journey to Honduras, and Jottings by the Way. 

 Interoceanic Railway. By R. G. Huston, C. E. 

 (Clarke, Cincinnati.) 



Notes on Paris. By H. Taine, D. C. L., Oxon., etc. 

 Translated, with Notes-, by John Austin Stevens. 

 (Holt.) 



The Economical European Tourist. A Journalist 

 Three Months Abroad for $430, including Ireland, 

 Scotland, England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Aus- 

 tria, Prussia . . . showing what was enjoyed and what 

 it cost, etc. By William Hemstreet. (American 

 News Co.) 



Europe for Two Dollars a Day. A Few Notes for 

 the Assistance of Tourists of Moderate Means. With 

 some Personal Reminiscences of Travel. By M F 

 Sweetser. (Osgood.) 



Three Months in the Orient ; also, Life in Rome, 

 and the Vienna Exposition. By Orville Justus Bliss 

 (Griggs. Chicago.) 



Four Thousand Miles of African Travel. A Per- 

 sonal Record of a Journey up the Nile, through the 

 Soudan, to the Confines of Central Africa, embracing 

 an Examination of the Slave-Trade, and a Discussion* 

 of the Problem of the Sources of the Nile. By Al- 

 van S. Southworth, Secretary of the American Geo- 

 graphical Society. (Baker, Pratt & Co. 1 * 



Arabistanj or, The 

 Nights. 

 and Persia, 

 With an 

 Gilman & Co., Hartford.") 



An American in Iceland. By Samuel Kneeland, 

 A. M., M. D. (Lockwood, Brooks & Co.) 



Illustrated Rambles in Bible-Lands. By Rev. 

 Richard Newton, D. D. (S. S. Union.) 



Backsheesh ; or, Life and Adventures in the Orient. 

 By Colonel Thos. W. Knox. (A. D. Worthington, 

 Hartford.) 



The Thrones and Palaces of Babylon and Nineveh, 

 from Sea to Sea. A Thousand Miles on Horseback. 

 By John P. Newman, D. D. (Harpers.) 



Winter and Spring on the Shores of the Mediter- 

 ranean. By J. H. Bennet. (D. Appleton & Co.) 



Spain: Art Remains and Art Realities. Notes 

 during nearly Three Years' Residence. By H. Wil- 

 lis Baxley. (D. Appleton & Co.) 



SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY. Of philosophy, 

 in the original sense of that word, not much 

 was given to the public. One adventurous 

 treatise indeed appeared, proposing nothing 

 less than entire reconstruction of metaphysics 

 and ethics. "Metaphysics; or, The Science 

 of Perception," by the Kev. John Miller, of 

 Princeton, K. J. (Dodd), embodies the results 

 of the author's thought for many years. It is 

 acute, suggestive, interesting to an unusual de- 

 gree, considering the subject; but that readers 

 will be convinced by it is more than can be 

 affirmed with much confidence. Other works, 

 including some dealing with questions on the 

 border-line between science, philosophy, and 

 religion, have been contributed to our appara- 

 tus for intellectual gymnastics : 



Thoughts on Causality, with References to Phases 

 of Recent Science. By Alexander Winchell, LL. D.. 

 Professor in Syracuse University. (Munsell, Albany.) 



The Sensualistic Philosophy of the Nineteenth 

 Century considered. By R9bert L. Dabney, D. D., 

 LL. D., Professor in the Union Theological Semina- 

 ry, Va. (Randolph.) 



Outline of the Evolution Philosophy. By Dr. M. 

 E. Cazelles. Translated from the French by Rev. 

 O. B. Frothingham. With an Appendix by E. L. 

 Yournans, M. D. (D. Appleton & Co.) 



Ideas in Nature overlooked by Dr. Tyndall : being 

 an Exposition of Dr. Tyndall' s Belfast Address. 

 By James McCosh, D. D., LL. D., President of the 

 College of New Jersey. (Carters.) 



Elementary Philosophy. Part I. Being the Sci- 

 ence of Reasoning and the Art of Correct Reasoning 

 according to Science ; or, Logic critically treated and 

 applied. With a Chapter on the Division and Defi- 

 nition of Sciences. By James M. Willcox, Ph. D. 

 (Coatesj Philadelphia.) 



Religion and Science in their Relations to Philoso- 

 phy. A Paper suggested by Dr. Tyndall' s Address 

 at Belfast, and read before the Philosophical Society 

 at Washington. By Prof. Charles W. Shields, D. D. 

 (Scribner.) 



The Mosaic Account of Creation the Miracle of 

 To-day ; or, New Witnesses to the Oneness of Gene- 

 sis and Science. To which are added an Inquiry as 

 to the Cause and Epoch of the Present Inclination 

 of the Earth's Axis, and an Essay on Cosmology. 

 By Charles B. Warring. (Schermerhorn.) 



Nature and the Bible. By J. W. Dawson, LL. D. 

 (Carters.) 



Principia ; or, Basis of Social Science. By R. J. 

 Wright. (Lippincott.) 



Among works on particular branches of 

 science, an American contribution to the "In- 



